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An online course founded by far-right influencer Andrew Tate was breached by hackers, revealing the email addresses of roughly 325,000 users.

The self-described online university, known as The Real World, offers users “advanced training and mentoring” for around $50 per month. Formerly known as Hustler’s University, the platform focuses on topics such as health and fitness, financial investment, and e-commerce businesses.

“Money making is a skill,” the website states. “We will teach you how to master it.”

On Thursday, the hackers made their actions known by flooding the course’s primary chatroom with emojis they uploaded while Tate was streaming an episode of his show “Emergency Meeting” on Rumble. 

The emojis included a transgender flag, a feminist fist, an AI-generated image of Tate draped in a rainbow flag, another where his buttocks are enlarged, and the cat character used in the “boykisser” meme.

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[-] Gullible@sh.itjust.works 208 points 5 days ago

Oh shit, there’s a database of the easily influenced with expendable income?

[-] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 61 points 5 days ago

Time to become a scammer and financially ruin the kind of dumb men who would fall for this?

[-] Gullible@sh.itjust.works 25 points 5 days ago

It would be morally indefensible not to!

I don’t know.

I think alienation is what drove droves of young men to this clown, so perhaps we shouldn’t try and alienate them more by scamming them and try and understand what the appeal of Tate was/is and work to fix that.

[-] Sonor@lemmy.world 12 points 5 days ago

I think i read something or maybe listened to a podcast, where they theorized that Tate got his audience around the time when Jordan Peterson left the "guardian of young men" role. I think it kinda stands to reason that young men don't really have decent men as mentors or role models these days.

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[-] Hackerman_uwu@lemmy.world 11 points 5 days ago

Sadly many people pony up for these scams out of desperation despite being unable to afford them.

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[-] treadful@lemmy.zip 142 points 5 days ago

The Daily Dot was provided with approximately 794,000 usernames for what are believed to be the site’s current and former members, as well as the contents of the platform’s 221 public and 395 private chat servers. [...] The Real World claims it currently has over 113,000 active users. If accurate, the site at minimum would generate upwards of $5,650,000 every month.

Jesus, why is this bullshit that large?

[-] halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world 84 points 5 days ago

Idiots falling for authoritarian charisma is one of the oldest things on this planet.

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[-] zbyte64@awful.systems 41 points 5 days ago

They said capitalism breeds innovation. They just didn't specify what kind of innovation.

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[-] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 87 points 5 days ago

Hi mom I just enrolled in the university of a guy who traffics sex slaves and thinks all women should be one

[-] jagged_circle@feddit.nl 30 points 5 days ago

My mom is maga so she would probably be proud

[-] AbsoluteChicagoDog@lemm.ee 11 points 5 days ago

It's extra sad when women get sucked into the maga cult

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[-] Rose@lemmy.zip 43 points 5 days ago

I guess their security turned out to be as fragile as their masculinity!

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[-] Yawweee877h444@lemmy.world 102 points 5 days ago

Oh. My. Fucking. God.

That many people, actually signed up, and gave him money.

That's a lot of fucking Darwin awards.

[-] TheFogan@programming.dev 18 points 5 days ago

Exactly my thought... Tate's U a scam, duh obviously... But god damn... that many suckers.

[-] Randelung@lemmy.world 12 points 5 days ago

You've witnessed the US election recently, yes? I'm not exactly surprised.

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800,000 users...

I need to get into scamming idiots, that sounds incredibly profitable.

[-] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 38 points 5 days ago

Boot camps for adults that don’t actually want to do any real work along with a get rich quick incel overtone. What a scam.

[-] thermal_shock@lemmy.world 11 points 5 days ago

"incel" is key word here. utter trash.

[-] ArchRecord@lemm.ee 28 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

For anyone not aware, the entire breach has been published by DDOSecrets and can be torrented by anyone.

For research and journalism purposes, of course.

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[-] feedum_sneedson@lemmy.world 54 points 5 days ago

I sometimes work for a guy who thinks women shouldn't be allowed to vote. He's genuinely kind, but not at all academic. It is entirely the fault of low-effort internet bullshit like this. It's actually very upsetting to see somebody poisoned by social media in real-time.

[-] todd_bonzalez@lemm.ee 15 points 5 days ago

It is entirely the fault of low-effort internet bullshit like this.

People like Andrew Tate deserve part of the blame for propagating this kind of message, sure. But your client who thinks women shouldn't be allowed to vote is a bad person, and his moral failing is entirely his own. He doesn't deserve pity because he's uneducated and falling for propaganda. He's a sexist piece of shit who thinks women deserve fewer rights than men. Don't make up excuses for him. He's a grown man with agency over himself. He chose his path.

[-] WeUnite@lemm.ee 7 points 5 days ago

Group think and tribalism is very powerful. I used to be a Trump supporter and I remember thinking about how women were more likely to vote for progressive candidates with the conclusion that perhaps they shouldn't be doing that. I now very deeply regret being part of that and I'm so grateful I broke free of all that nonsense. Monkey see, monkey do is very true. That's why it's important that our leaders demonstrate good behavior and set a good example for everyone.

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[-] StopTouchingYourPhone@lemmy.world 28 points 5 days ago

These hackers have fantastic values, and the effort they put into this made the world a slightly better place. Good on em.

(next on the block: Jordan Peterson's School for Very Logical Manbabies)

[-] FartsWithAnAccent@fedia.io 54 points 5 days ago

This fucking guy has an online university? Really?

[-] hperrin@lemmy.world 50 points 5 days ago

Doesn’t every grifter have their own griftiversity?

[-] FartsWithAnAccent@fedia.io 14 points 5 days ago
[-] SLVRDRGN@lemmy.world 8 points 5 days ago

Just noticed, even the logo reeks of petty swindle.

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[-] sanpedropeddler@sh.itjust.works 15 points 5 days ago

He has a website where you can pay to hear him yell at you.

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[-] Snapz@lemmy.world 23 points 5 days ago

If everyone on that list was closely monitored from here, probably the end of school shootings.

[-] x00z@lemmy.world 42 points 5 days ago

A University a.k.a. "Buy this ebook to make money online!" and the contents are "Just resell this Ebook lol".

[-] whithom@discuss.online 41 points 5 days ago

Wow, that’s a big list of suckers

[-] scarilog@lemmy.world 14 points 5 days ago

If I had no morals, damn. Scamming dumb misogynistic men would be such a killer money making opportunity.

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[-] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 21 points 5 days ago

Oohh, where can I find this list? My wife's ex is one of those sad little men who follows and recommends him everywhere

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[-] mavu@discuss.tchncs.de 25 points 5 days ago

aww, one sec, have to find my tiny violin..

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[-] ChaoticEntropy@feddit.uk 12 points 5 days ago

"University" is a pretty generous description.

[-] psycho_driver@lemmy.world 23 points 5 days ago

He had an online university? Was it CHUD-U?

[-] Restaldt@lemmy.world 12 points 5 days ago

helpmebrucecampbellabsorbedmychin.com

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[-] Kalothar@lemmy.ca 19 points 5 days ago

Where does data like this end up?

I’m asking to avoid it of course

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[-] Steamymoomilk@sh.itjust.works 18 points 5 days ago

Ha thats pretty funny, last i heard his dopey academy looked like it was using revolts backend code. Which would be a violation of the gpl V3 license aswell.

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[-] Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 5 days ago

Hmm. What does he teach? I'll start:

Douchebaggery 101

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